116 flood insurance claims·$2.0M paid·14 federal flood & hurricane disasters
Share of the whole county outline, rivers and lakes included; parts FEMA hasn’t mapped count as zero.
Shaded areas are FEMA’s mapped flood hazard zones in and around East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Zoomed out they are simplified; at street level the map switches to FEMA’s exact layer. Tap anywhere to check that spot, or search an address above.
Flash flooding from severe weather and thunderstorms dominates the historical flood profile of East Carroll Parish, accounting for 27 of the 37 recorded flood events over the last 30 years, alongside occasional impacts from tropical storms, hurricanes, and tropical depressions.
Recent events illustrate this recurring hazard, including severe thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall on April 9 and April 10, 2024, as well as a slow-moving storm system that brought significant flooding rains to the region on June 10, 2021.
Property owners in mapped high-risk areas should pay the closest attention to these risks, particularly those in Zone A, which accounts for the highest number of National Flood Insurance Program claims (49) with an average payout of $29,899 and an average recorded water depth of 10 inches. Homeowners in unshaded Zone X properties also face documented risks, having filed 45 claims with an average payout of $18,670 and an average recorded water depth of 3 inches.
Summary written from NOAA storm reports and NFIP claims for this county. Not a prediction.
48% of East Carroll Parish’s flood insurance claims were on properties rated outside FEMA’s high-risk zones.
94 NFIP claims with a recorded rated flood zone, 1978 to date. The zone is the one FEMA used to rate that policy, which may not match today’s map. Source: OpenFEMA NFIP claims.
In flood insurance claims here that reported a flood depth, the average was 7 inches.
Drawn to scale against an 80-inch door. Even a few inches soaks flooring, the bottom of the drywall and anything plugged in near the floor.
Average of the depths reported on claims (zero and implausible values left out); FEMA’s record doesn’t say exactly where each depth was measured. Source: OpenFEMA NFIP claims.
The worst year was 2011, with 24 claims and $629,289 paid, the year of Flooding.
Bar height is scaled by square root so ordinary years stay visible next to the worst one. NFIP claims by year of loss. Source: OpenFEMA.
20 NOAA storm reports from East Carroll Parish describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Louisiana flood stories →
32 federal disaster declarations since 1973, 14 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Tropical Storm Francine | Sep 10, 2024 |
| Tropical Storm Nicholas | Sep 12, 2021 |
| Hurricane Ida | Aug 26, 2021 |
| Tropical Storm Ida | Aug 26, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Tropical Storm Zeta | Oct 26, 2020 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
37 since 1996: 27 flash floods and 5 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | Apr 10, 2024 | $25,000 |
| Flash Flood | Apr 9, 2024 | $5,000 |
| Flood | Jun 10, 2021 | $5,000 |
| Flash Flood | Jun 10, 2021 | $5,000 |
| Tropical Storm | Aug 27, 2020 | $30,000 |
| Flash Flood | Jan 14, 2020 | $2,000 |
| Flash Flood | Jan 14, 2020 | $10,000 |
| Flash Flood | Feb 10, 2020 | $8,000 |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flash Flood · Apr 10, 2024. A severe thunderstorm moving east across northern Louisiana intensified and grew in scale as it encountered showers and thunderstorms over Northeast Louisiana. The resulting line of severe thunderstorms produced significant wind damage and heavy rainfall.
Flash Flood · Apr 9, 2024. A severe thunderstorm moving east across northern Louisiana intensified and grew in scale as it encountered showers and thunderstorms over Northeast Louisiana. The resulting line of severe thunderstorms produced significant wind damage and heavy rainfall.
Flood · Jun 10, 2021. A slow moving storm system over the central United States produced a round of thunderstorms with flooding rains over northeast Louisiana. Significant flooding occurred in portions of the region.
Flash Flood · Jun 10, 2021. A slow moving storm system over the central United States produced a round of thunderstorms with flooding rains over northeast Louisiana. Significant flooding occurred in portions of the region.
National Weather Service narratives, lightly trimmed. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Every colour on the map above is a place on this drawing: where the ground sits relative to the flood FEMA plans for.
If a building in East Carroll Parish is in a high-risk zone (A or V) and its mortgage comes from a federally regulated or insured lender, or is federally backed, flood insurance is required.
Outside those zones it is optional, and often worth having: from 2014 to 2024 nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. Since Risk Rating 2.0, NFIP premiums are set for each building, so the only reliable price is a quote: FloodSmart.gov or a local agent.